Globalization's effects on the way people live, play, and learn is difficult to measure but readily apparent in almost all societies across the globe. While McDonald's and Coca-Cola offer standardized products worldwide, food habits are not the only thing affected by our growing interconnectedness. Printed images, movies, books, and ideas have traversed the globe through satellite television and the Internet as well as with travelers and businesspeople. In the process, exposure to news ways of life and ways of thinking have brought about a degree of convergence of norms and attitudes on everything from fashion to human rights. But it has also provoked challenge from traditional cultures and often led to fusion of many influences. The following articles have been assembled to shed light on these and other related issues.